Comparison of protocols and registry entries to published reports for systematic reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2020, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Pieper, Dawid ^a   Allers, Katharina ^b   Mathes, Tim ^a   Hoffmann, Falk ^b   Klerings, Irma ^c   Rombey, Tanja ^a   Nussbaumer Streit, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85080064259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000053     Document Type: Review

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